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The book of salt
Truong, Monique T. D.
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Houghton Mifflin, |
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2003. |
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261 pages ; |
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0618304002 |
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1 copy available at University of Alberta - Rutherford Library.
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The book of salt
Truong, Monique T. D.
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Truong, Monique T. D.
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The book of salt / Monique Truong.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
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Physical description:
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261 pages ; 24 cm
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text txt
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unmediated n
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Personal subject:
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946--Fiction.
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Toklas, Alice B.--Fiction.
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Vietnamese fiction--France.
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Americans--France--Fiction.
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Women authors--Fiction.
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Household employees--Fiction.
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Gay men--Fiction.
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Cooking--Fiction.
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Paris (France)--Fiction.
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Vietnam--Fiction.
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In Paris, in 1934, Binh has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alivce B. Toklas, to the train station for their departure to America. His own destination is unclear: will he go with "the Steins," stay in France, or return to Vietnam? Binh fled his homeland in disgrace. For five years, he has been the live-in cook at the famous apartment at 27 rue de Fleurus. Before Binh's decision is revealed, his narrative catapults us back to his youth in French-colonized Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days turning out fragrant repasts for the doyennes of the Lost Generation. He is a habitue of the Paris demimonde, an exile and an alien, a man of musings and memories, and, possibly, lies. Love is the prize that has eluded him, from his family to the men he has sought out, often at his peril.--From publisher description.
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ISBN:
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0618304002
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ISBN:
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9780618304004
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7105811
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2002192152
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